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Fukaya-shuku
was the ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo periodNakasendō Kumaya-shuku Homepage S. Tsukamoto. Accessed August 23, 2007. It was located in the present-day city of , , Japan. History Unlike many of the that existed during the |
Kumagai-shuku
was the eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was located in the present-day city of Kuamagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. History Kumagai-shuku began as a temple-town outside the Buddhist temple of , which dated from the Heian period. The kanji which make up the temple name can also be read as ''Kumagaya'' or ''Kumagai''. Kumagaya Naozane was a noted Kamakura period samurai who served under Minamoto no Yoritomo. Kumagai-shuku became formalized as a post station on the Nakasendō under the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town has 1715 buildings, with a population of 3263, and boasted two ''honjin'', one ''waki-honjin'' and 42 ''hatago''Kumaga-shuku . National Nakasendō Association. Accessed August 15, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honjō-shuku
was the tenth of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō, sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings. It was located in the present-day city of Honjō, Saitama, Honjō, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. History Honjō was the site of Honjō Castle, the stronghold of the Honjō clan since the Kamakura period. The Honjō were destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, and the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established in 10,000 ''koku'' Honjō Domain, which was ruled by the Ogasawara clan from 1698 to 1612. A ''honjin'' was built near the site of the old castle in the northern part of the castle town, which quickly redeveloped itself into a ''shukuba''. Due to the number of travelers, a second ''honjin'' was built at the opposite end of town in 1792. Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town stretched for about 1.9 kilometers along the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukaya, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 229,517 in 142,803 households in 60804 households and a population density of 1023 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for a variety of welsh onions or . Geography Fukaya is located on the northern border of Saitama Prefecture, in the flatlands of the Kantō plain, in-between the Tone River and the Arakawa River . Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Honjō * Kumagaya * Ranzan * Misato * Yorii Gunma Prefecture * Isesaki * Ōta Climate Fukaya has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fukaya is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1270 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C. Demographics Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
69 Stations Of The Nakasendō
The are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.Yama to Keikoku Publishing (2006). Nakasendō o Aruku (Revised ed.). Osaka: Yama to Keikoku Publishing. .Nakasendō Jōhō . NEC Corporation. Accessed August 18, 2007. The route stretched approximately and was an alternate to the Tōkaidō. 
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Hatago
were Edo period lodgings for travelers at ''shukuba'' (post stations) along the national highways, including the Edo Five Routes and the subroutes. In addition to a place to rest, ''hatago'' also offered meals and other foods to the travelers. They were also called . Name origin ''Hatago'' means "traveling basket." The word itself originally derived from baskets that contained food for horses and were carried by travelers. From there, it became a tool with which travelers were carry their own food and goods. Shops that began preparing and selling food for travelers gained the suffix , meaning "shop," but this was eventually shortened to just ''hatago''. Preserved ''hatago'' Because many post stations along the Tōkaidō, Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stations Of The Nakasendō
Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle station, a cattle-rearing station in Australia or New Zealand **Sheep station, a sheep-rearing station in Australia or New Zealand Communications * Radio communication station, a radio frequency communication station of any kind, including audio, TV, and non-broadcast uses ** Radio broadcasting station, an audio station intended for reception by the general public ** Amateur radio station, a station operating on frequencies allocated for ham or other non-commercial use ** Broadcast relay station ** Ground station (or Earth station), a terrestrial radio station for extraplanetary telecommunication with satellites or spacecraft ** Television station * Courier station, a relay station in a courier system ** Station of the ''cursus publicus'', a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiwara
was a famous (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640Avery, Anne Louise. ''Flowers of the Floating World: Geisha and Courtesans in Japanese Prints and Photographs, 1772–1926'' xhibition Catalogue(Sanders of Oxford & Mayfield Press: Oxford, 2006) and Shinmachi in Osaka. Created by the shogunate to curtail the tastes of and sequester the nouveau riche (merchant) classes, the entertainment offered in Yoshiwara, alongside other licensed districts, would eventually give rise to the creation of geisha, who would become known as the fashionable companions of the classes and simultaneously cause the demise of , the upper-class courtesans of the red-light districts. History 17th and 18th century The licensed district of Yoshiwara was created in the city of Edo, near t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meshimori Onna
or , literally "meal-serving woman," is the Japanese term for the women who were hired by ''hatago'' inns at the ''shukuba'' (post stations) along ''kaidō'' routes in Japan during the Edo era. They were originally maidservants hired by the inns, although as traffic along the ''kaidō'' grew and competition between the inns increased, they were often engaged in prostitution. Many inns had prostitutes in order to attract a larger number of travellers. In 1718, the Tokugawa shogunate issued a law limiting the number of ''meshimori onna'' to two per inn, giving the inns tacit permission to employ a limited number of prostitutes. See also *Nakai (Japanese vocation) A is a woman who serves as a waitress at a ''ryokan'' or Japanese inn. Originally written as (meaning "in the house" in Japanese), which meant the anteroom in a mansion of a ''kuge'' (noble man) or ''gomonzeki'' (the princess of Mikado). Nowa ... References Further reading * 五十嵐 富夫1981『飯盛女― ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term translates as "picture of the floating world". In 1603, the city of Edo (Tokyo) became the seat of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. The '' chōnin'' class (merchants, craftsmen and workers), positioned at the bottom of the social order, benefited the most from the city's rapid economic growth, and began to indulge in and patronise the entertainment of kabuki theatre, geisha, and courtesans of the pleasure districts; the term ("floating world") came to describe this hedonistic lifestyle. Printed or painted ukiyo-e works were popular with the ''chōnin'' class, who had become wealthy enough to afford to decorate their homes with them. The earliest ukiyo-e work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisai Eisen
Keisai Eisen (渓斎 英泉, 1790–1848) was a Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist who specialised in ''bijin-ga'' (pictures of beautiful women). His best works, including his ''ōkubi-e'' ("large head pictures"), are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan. Biography Eisen was born in Edo into the Ikeda family, the son of a noted calligrapher. He was apprenticed to Kanō Hakkeisai, from whom he took the name Keisai, and after the death of his father he studied under Kikugawa Eizan. His initial works reflected the influence of his mentor, but he soon developed his own style. He produced a number of '' surimono'' (prints that were privately issued), erotic prints, and landscapes, including '' The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō'', which he started and which was completed by Hiroshige. Eisen is most renowned for his ''bijin-ga'' (pictures of beautiful women) which port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochaya
In Japan, an is an establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha. A now-archaic term that arose in the Edo period, in the modern day refers exclusively to the establishments within Kyoto in which geisha work and entertain their clients, though the term is sometimes used to describe all establishments used by geisha to entertain guests, irrespective of location. Equivalent establishments in locations outside of Kyoto are known as , meaning "restaurant", referring to a traditional Japanese-style restaurant where geisha may entertain. Terminology Though the term literally means "tea house", the term follows the naming conventions of buildings or rooms used for Japanese tea ceremony, known as ; as such, though tea is served at as an ordinary beverage, it is not, unlike teahouses and tearooms found throughout the world, its sole purpose. When used as part of a name, the honorific prefix is not used in Japanese, and the plain is used as a suffix, as in "Ichiriki Chaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
